秦地羅敷女， 採桑綠水邊。 素手青條上， 紅妝白日鮮。 蠶饑妾欲去， 五馬莫留連。
Four Seasons Ballade
Song Cycle by Alice Ho (b. 1960)
Publisher: Canadian Music Centre (external link)1. Spring [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Chinese (中文)
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "春歌"
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The following Cantonese transliteration uses the Jyutping system outlined by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. Numbers on the right of each syllable are tone marks.
Title: Dung1 go1Ceon4 dei6 lo4 fu1 neoi5, Coi2 song1 luk6 seoi2 bin1. Sou3 sau2 cing1 tiu4 soeng6, Hung4 zong1 baak6 jat6 sin1. Caam4 gei1 cip3 juk6 heoi3, Ng5 maa5 mok6 lau4 lin4.
The following Mandarin transliteration conforms to the Pinyin romanization rules drafted by Mainland China.
Title: Zǐyè sìshí gēQín dì Luófū nǚ, Cǎi sāng lù shǔi biān. Sù shǒu qīng tiáo shàng, Hóng zhuāng bái rì xīan. Cán jī qiè yù qù, Wǔ mǎ mò liú lián.
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2. Summer [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Chinese (中文)
鏡湖三百里， 菡萏發荷花。 五月西施采， 人看隘若耶。 回舟不待月， 歸去越王家。
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "夏歌"
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The following Cantonese transliteration uses the Jyutping system outlined by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. Numbers on the right of each syllable are tone marks.
Title: Haa6 go1Geng3 wu4 saam1 baak3 lei5, Haam5 Daam6 faat3 ho4 faa1. ng5 jyut6 sai1 si1 coi2, jan4 hon3 aai3 joek6 je4. wui4 zau1 bat1 doi6 jyut, gwei1 heoi3 jyut6 wong4 gaa1.
The following Mandarin transliteration conforms to the Pinyin romanization rules drafted by Mainland China.
Title: Xià gēJìnghú sānbó lǐ, Hàn dàn fā héhuā. Wǔyuè Xīshī cǎi, Rén kàn è Ruòyē. Huí zhōu bù dài yuè, Guī qù Yuèwáng jiā.
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3. Autumn [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Chinese (中文)
長安一片月， 萬戶擣衣聲。 秋風吹不盡， 總是玉關情。 何日平胡虜， 良人罷遠征？
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "秋歌"
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The following Cantonese transliteration uses the Jyutping system outlined by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. Numbers on the right of each syllable are tone marks.
Title: Dung1 go1Coeng4 on1 jat1 pin3 jyut6, Maan6 wu6 dou2 yi1 seng1. cau1 fung1 ceoi1 bat1 zeon6, zung2 si6 juk6 gwaan1 cing4. ho6 jat6 ping4 wu4 lou5, loeng4 jan4 baa6 jyun5 zing1?
The following Mandarin transliteration conforms to the Pinyin romanization rules drafted by Mainland China.
Title: Qiū gēCháng'ān yī piàn yuè, Wàn hù dǎo yī shēng. Qiū fēng chuī bù jìn, Zǒng shì Yùguān qíng. Hé rì píng húlǔ, Liáng rén bà yuǎn zhēng?
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4. Winter [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Chinese (中文)
明朝驛使發， 一夜絮征袍。 素手抽鍼冷， 那堪把剪刀！ 裁縫寄遠道， 幾日到臨洮？
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "冬歌"
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The following Cantonese transliteration uses the Jyutping system outlined by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.
Title: Dung1 go1Ming4 ziu1 jik6 si3 faat3, Jat1 je6 seoi5 zing1 pou4. sou3 sau2 cau1 zam1 laang5, naa5 ham1 baa2 zin2 dou1! coi4 fung6 gei3 jyun5 dou6, gei2 jat6 dou3 lam4 tou4?
The following Mandarin transliteration conforms to the Pinyin romanization rules drafted by Mainland China.
Title: Dōng gēMíng zhāo yì shǐ fā, Yī yè xù zhēng páo. Sù shǒu chōu zhēn lěng, Nǎ kān bǎ jiǎndāo! Cái féng jì yuǎn dào, Jǐ rì dào Línyáo?
Researcher for this page: Lucas Shum
Total word count: 24